[1] Her parents were Ann Marian Fletcher nee Clarke, an embroiderer who made the velvet bag to hold The Ashes urn, and John Walter Fletcher, a teacher, cricketer, and police magistrate, who is known as the 'father of Australian football' for his role in introducing soccer to Australia.

[2] Fletcher grew up in Katoomba until the family moved to Greenwich in Sydney, where she stayed until she was married in 1934.

[1][4] She opened a studio in the city of Sydney in 1909 at 313 George Street, above the tailor Chorley and Co.[4][5] Fletcher advertised her art photography using full page portraits of celebrities and socialites in Sydney Ure Smith's Art in Australia publication.

[6] She had a particularly close association with Frank Bell, a photographer from Manly, she supplied him with his equipment, and helped him to develop his technique.

[4] Fletcher took photographs of artists, actors and academics, such as Arthur Streeton,[4] Marie Burke,[7] and Winifred Betts.